Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983.

Special features: feature commentary with Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam; soundtrack for the lonely; director's cut with three deleted scenes; "The meaning of making 'The meaning of life'" featurette; musical featurette; DVD-ROM features.

DVD / NTSC.

Why are we here, what's it all about? The Monty Python-team is trying to sort out the most important question on Earth: what is the meaning of life? They do so by exploring the various stages of life, starting with birth. A doctor seems more interested in his equipment than in delivering the baby or caring for the mother, a Roman Catholic couple have quite a lot of children because 'every sperm is sacred'. In the growing and learning part of life, catholic schoolboys attend a rather strange church service and ditto sex education lesson. Onto war, where an officer's plan to attack is thwarted by his underlings wanting to celebrate his birthday and an officer's leg is bitten off by presumably an African tiger. At middle age a couple orders 'philosophy' at a restaurant, after which the film continues with live organ transplants. The autumn years are played in a restaurant, which, after being treated to the song 'Isn't It Awfully Nice to Have a Penis?' by an entertainer, sees the arrival ...

Les vieux employés d'une compagnie d'assurances se révoltent contre les jeunes loups qui les asservissent. Telle est la séquence d'ouverture de cette satire loufoque sur l'existence, de la vie à la mort, en passant par la religion, le mariage, la guerre...

Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland, Simon Jones, Patricia Quinn.

English or French language tracks with Spanish subtitles; Closed-captioned = Anglais ou en français avec sous-titres en espagnol; Sous-titrage fermé.

Limited consultation and loan of document. Authorized users : students, teachers and staff of the National Theatre School of Canada.